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发表于2024-12-25
The Great Escape pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.
Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts--including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions--that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape.
Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.
Endorsement:
"There is nobody better than Angus Deaton to explain why our lives are longer, healthier, and more prosperous than those of our great-grandparents. The story he tells is much more than an inexorable march of progress--it has also been unequal, uneven, and incomplete, and at each step, politics has played a defining role. This is a must-read for anybody interested in the wealth and health of nations."--Daron Acemoglu, coauthor of Why Nations Fail
"At once engaging and compassionate, this is an uplifting story by a major scholar."--Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion
"Magisterial and superb."--William Easterly, author of The White Man's Burden
"The Great Escape tells the two biggest stories in history: how humanity got healthy and wealthy, and why some people got so much healthier and wealthier than others. Angus Deaton, one of the world's leading development economists, takes us on an extraordinary journey--from an age when almost everyone was poor and sick to one where most people have escaped these evils--and he tells us how the billion still trapped in extreme poverty can join in this great escape. Everyone who wants to understand the twenty-first century should read this book."--Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules--for Now
"Deaton's account of global advances in health is magisterial. It is especially convincing in disentangling economic progress from technological growth as sources of health improvements. A very big story, this book should affect the way we think about human development and the role of science and science-based government programs. The language is modest and graceful, the use of evidence compelling, and the illustrations highly attractive."--Samuel Preston, University of Pennsylvania
Angus Deaton is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His many books include The Analysis of Household Surveys and Economics and Consumer Behavior. He is a past president of the American Economic Association.
聽完The Meritocracy Trap之後audible推薦給我的,但是我聽不下去。感覺中心意思就是要說public health和medical science的前進,以及經濟的發展(尤其是以中國為代錶的發展中國傢脫貧項目),造成瞭人類今天比幾十年幾百年前生活好很多——兒童死亡率下降,平均壽命增加,物質生活豐富。但是這些進步,在有些時候和地方卻阻止瞭進一步的階層流通的整體進步——可是這後一點,本來應該是書裏點睛的重點部分,卻遠遠沒有得到足夠的闡釋,給我的感覺反而是整本書在不斷重復各種數字和證據,未免乏味。
評分聽完The Meritocracy Trap之後audible推薦給我的,但是我聽不下去。感覺中心意思就是要說public health和medical science的前進,以及經濟的發展(尤其是以中國為代錶的發展中國傢脫貧項目),造成瞭人類今天比幾十年幾百年前生活好很多——兒童死亡率下降,平均壽命增加,物質生活豐富。但是這些進步,在有些時候和地方卻阻止瞭進一步的階層流通的整體進步——可是這後一點,本來應該是書裏點睛的重點部分,卻遠遠沒有得到足夠的闡釋,給我的感覺反而是整本書在不斷重復各種數字和證據,未免乏味。
評分想到msf入學前的the economist essay,通過set up a fund來incentive pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for poor countries不失為一個好過$ aid的alternative
評分有點枯燥,但是其中對於援助第三世界反而帶來的負麵影響令人印象深刻。
評分對於foreign aid解讀尤其發人深省 必須好好寫篇讀書筆記消化一下
好了,今年的诺贝尔经济学奖颁布了!瑞典人把奖给了同样研究经济不平等问题的Angus Deaton 他和皮凯堤的观点基本相同,而且研究的更早,提出了人类寿命和社会的平等度是成正相关的,说明了为什么社会不平等是有害的:人的寿命更短。 不同在于他更加柔和,没有皮凯蒂那么强的政...
評分这本书就是诺贝尔经济学奖为 joke 的明证。一章一章看过去,从4星的感觉变为3星,最后变为2星,最后简直对自己浪费的时间追悔莫及。大家一定要慎重。 瑞典,偏居一隅,没有受到二战的摧残,人均自然资源丰富,为了自保勾结德国,连脸都不要了,还好意思颁诺贝尔奖给世界。 美...
評分这本书就是诺贝尔经济学奖为 joke 的明证。一章一章看过去,从4星的感觉变为3星,最后变为2星,最后简直对自己浪费的时间追悔莫及。大家一定要慎重。 瑞典,偏居一隅,没有受到二战的摧残,人均自然资源丰富,为了自保勾结德国,连脸都不要了,还好意思颁诺贝尔奖给世界。 美...
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